Stop My Bleeding Heart | Table Décor| Easter Dishes

I love our formal dinnerware more than I can adequately articulate. It's classic, it's simple, it's elegant...I love it. But the problem with our formalware is that it needs to be hand washed. I can't ask Mr. Stranded to stay up helping me hand wash dishes on a Sunday night. The poor guy gets up really early for work and he's too nice to leave it for me to wash by myself while he goes to bed.

So I decided to buy a new dinnerware set for Easter that I could put in the dishwasher on the China cycle. Admittedly, I have issues. I love a nice table, what can I say? I searched high and low and found a beautiful set on ebay. The set is flowery and ornate, more romantic than my usual taste. But I thought it was Spring-ish, Easter-y and perfect for this time of year. Pretty right?

Did I mention that 70% of the dishes arrived shattered?

Come on, people. Use styrofoam popcorn when wrapping plates or at the very least, a double-layer of bubble wrap between plates, not just the top of the box. You know what else I loved, this teeny tiny little "Fragile" marking. No markings on the side. No bright red marker calling out to someone's attention. Just that little stamp.

So I think we'll be using our boring white basketweave dishes. I normally like them because they're simple and classic, but I was picturing a beautiful Easter table with my new dishes. I know, I know....I can faintly hear the world's smallest violin playing for me...

UPDATE: I was reimbursed for the dishes since many of the pieces arrived broken and applied that money to buy enough replacement pieces for our dinner party. Best of all, I posted the broken dishes on ebay under "Crafts and Mosaics Materials" - and someone bought them! Just goes to show you can find - and sell - anything on ebay.

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Oh. My. Goodness. That is devestating! I am playing my violin for you! a big one! I'll be using my Noritake china for Easter - it needs handwashing, but because I use it so rarely and its so precious I wouldnt put it in the dishwasher even if I could. It has silver detail on it - beautiful. Your basket weave china is far from boring. Its classic. I hope you are as excited for Easter as I am Miss T x

Miss T - your dinnerware sounds beautiful! I hope to see it on your blog soon. I'm very excited for Easter! We're celebrating Easter twice this year - one on Palm Sunday with our friends and one on Easter Sunday with our family back home. Twice the food, twice the fun!